Konwar takes oath as Tripura Governor

Agartala: Former Governor of Bihar, Devanand Konwar Monday took over as the 13th Governor of Tripura in a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan here.

Chief Justice of Tripura High Court, Dipak Gupta administered him the oath of office and later he was given the guard of honour at Raj Bhawan.
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and his cabinet colleagues and top administrative officials were present in the oath taking ceremony.

Konwar, a 77-year-old former minister of Assam, told reporters that maintaining peace and tranquility and good governance would be the priority of his government.
Konwar had worked earlier as a lecturer at Cotton College in Guwahati. He also joined as a marketing manager of a multinational company in Mumbai, which he left in 1968 to become Principal of Guwahati College.

In 1969, he joined Gauhati High Court bar as an advocate. Konwar became an MLA in 1983 and in 1991 he became Minister for Revenue, Law and power in the cabinet of Hiteswar Saikia.
He was also a minister in the cabinet of the present Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi.